On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Jeroen De Dauw <jeroended...@gmail.com> wrote: > ..snip.. > I totally agree here with Ryan. The idea is to have the "repository" where > the version data is fetched is configurable, so it's possible to have other > distributors then the WMF, and to turn of the feature entirely. > > I'm currently looking into the repository and package fetching parts do > allow for such "dialling home". MediaWiki.org seems the obvious choice to > have the main repository on. There are many ways to then provide the needed > data. Personally I think the best approach would be to install Semantic > MediaWiki (yes, I used the s-word!) so data from the extension pages can be > queried and shown in a distribution metadata format. That might require a > small extension for some new spacial pages, and some scripts to collect > other existing version data and put it into the wiki. > > Is it possible to get SMW onto MW.org? This would also finally be a proof of > concept of SMW on a WMF wiki, on which a lot of people have been waiting a > long time now. > > With only a little over 3 weeks left in GSoC, I have little doubt this > project will not be finished, so any help in any form is definitely welcome. > > > [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/mediawiki/wiki/Deployment I don't think on-wiki would be the best way for this, espically for the extensions within our SVN, because you would have to list the revision that it needs against the version number and the version of the extension. and then for the ones we don't have in our SVN you would need to store their download format (http/git/svn etc) and location as well.
You would also need to be vigilant and make sure people don't vandalize the information, For example if a spam version change got entered and broke someones installed. -Peachey _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
